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Biodiversity protection bears fruit in China's Tibet

STORY: Biodiversity protection bears fruit in China's Tibet DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views in Tibet 2. various of the preserved germplasm resources 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): NYIDRON, Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology 4. various of general views in Tibet STORYLINE: China's Tibet, one of the regions with the richest biodiversity in the world, has made remarkable achievements in ecological and biodiversity protection in recent years. Tibet has set up its first germplasm bank to promote the conservation of plateau biodiversity. Currently, nearly 8,500 germplasm samples of over 2,000 species have been stored in the germplasm bank. In addition, a key lab of biological resources and biosafety has been approved for construction, which will further help with biodiversity protection in key areas of the region. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): NYIDRON, Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology "Protecting the environment in Tibet will benefi

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New int'l rules adopted on redress for damage caused by GM crops

NAGOYA, Japan - Parties gathered at biological diversity talks, the fifth meeting on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in the central Japan city of Nagoya adopt on Oct. 15, 2010, a supplement to the biosafety protocol that sets new redress rules for damage caused to ecosystems by the movements of genetically modified crops.

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New rules on redress for damage caused by GM crops

NAGOYA, Japan - Parties gathered at biological diversity talks, the fifth meeting on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in the central Japan city of Nagoya adopt on Oct. 15, 2010, a supplement to the biosafety protocol that sets new redress rules for damage caused to ecosystems by the movements of genetically modified crops.

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Venue for Cartagena protocol confab in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the Nagoya Congress Center in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Oct. 10, 2010, the venue for the fifth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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BSL4 facility to start operating in Musashimurayama

Health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki meets with reporters following his meeting with Masaru Fujino, mayor of Musashimurayama, Tokyo, at the city office on Aug. 3, 2015. They agreed to start operating a biosafety level 4 facility in the city to deal with dangerous disease-causing agents, such as Ebola virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BSL4 facility to start operating in Musashimurayama

Masaru Fujino, mayor of Musashimurayama, Tokyo, meets with reporters at the city office on Aug. 3, 2015, following his meeting with health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki. They agreed to start operating a biosafety level 4 facility in the city to deal with dangerous disease-causing agents, such as Ebola virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New int'l rules adopted on redress for damage caused by GM crops

NAGOYA, Japan - Parties gathered at biological diversity talks, the fifth meeting on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in the central Japan city of Nagoya adopt on Oct. 15, 2010, a supplement to the biosafety protocol that sets new redress rules for damage caused to ecosystems by the movements of genetically modified crops. (Kyodo)

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New rules on redress for damage caused by GM crops

NAGOYA, Japan - Parties gathered at biological diversity talks, the fifth meeting on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in the central Japan city of Nagoya adopt on Oct. 15, 2010, a supplement to the biosafety protocol that sets new redress rules for damage caused to ecosystems by the movements of genetically modified crops. (Kyodo)

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Venue for Cartagena protocol confab in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the Nagoya Congress Center in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Oct. 10, 2010, the venue for the fifth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. (Kyodo)